More on the Sports Pilot/Medical Requirement issue

"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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From the AOPA website:

AOPA meets with FAA to work toward resolution of sport pilot medical
Catch-22

AOPA ought to go and actually read "Catch-22" so that they know what
the term really means.

Nothing undermines a legitimate effort more than using bad language.




Well, persistant incorrect use of a term eventually verify's the new
definition. While the Sport Pilot medical issue is not litterally a
catch-22 like in Joseph Heller’s novel, it "is" a Catch-22 as far as
common use of the term. Most of the Public see's Catch-22 as "your
damned if you do or your damned if you don't".

You can't fight the system and the system is us!

The Sport Pilot medical issue is simular for existing pilots who still
HAVE current medicals, really than for any other group. If there health
is at all questionable, they can choose to roll the dice on there next
medical, or just let it lapse and fly a 2 seater... so there damned if
they "do" go take a medical, in that they may not be able to fly
again... ever. They're damned if they don't, cause they won;t get to
fly that brand new SR-22 they bought a month ago.....

As far as current pilots that have failed medicals, ... as of now there
just damned... ;-)

I'm "certain" before Jan 15th there will be a one-time "sport-pilot"
medical that will probably involve more "how to recognise when you can't
fly" brochures, and a really long and involved contract absolving the
FAA, and the doctor of all responsibility when you go down in flames and
take innocent school children with you...., then actually proving you
can fly. If not, I would expect a bunch of older pilots who have lost
there medical for one reason or another that most of us would think is
silly, to get the ACLU or sum such as that and sue for equal protection
under the law.....

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